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Tanzania reports deadly Marburg virus outbreak.

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A hospital in Tanzania's north-west Kagera region reported five deaths and three cases of Marburg virus disease (MVD).

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The WHO has identified 161 people at risk of infection through contact tracing (WHO). 

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A government emergency response team and neighbouring countries have increased surveillance. Kagera has the only case.

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“Tanzania's health authorities' efforts to establish the disease's cause is a clear indication of the determination to effectively respond to the outbreak,” said Matshidiso Moeti, WHO's regional director for Africa. 

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“We are working with the government to rapidly scale up control measures to stop the virus and end the outbreak.”

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According to a Tuesday health memorandum by Tanzanian health minister Ummy Mwalimu, two Kagera villages had their first cases last week.

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In 1967, Marburg, Frankfurt, and Belgrade discovered MVD. It causes hemorrhagic fever and is in the same "virus family" as Ebola.

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Fatality rates range from 24% to 88%. Angola's 2004-2005 outbreak, with 252 cases and 227 deaths, was the worst.

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